And on Friday a Home Office leak showed that her department boasted they exceed their target of 12,800 “enforced returns” in 2017-18. Rudd and then immigration minister Brandon Lewis were both copied in to the memo.

Panicking Tories have said that all problems from the immigration status of the Windrush Generation will be solved in two weeks. But this is the same government that promised to rehouse victims of the Grenfell fire, some of whom are still living in hotel accommodation almost a year on.

The Windrush scandal presents a real crisis for the Tories. It has revealed the racism at the heart of their policies.

The Tories have always thought that attacking migrants and pushing racism would win them votes.

Now they find that millions of people are rightly revolted by what they have done.

Stand Up To Racism has called a demonstration on Saturday 5 May in London demanding justice after the Windrush scandal. Its demands include an end to deportations, no hostile environment for any immigrants—and Rudd must go.

It will be a weekend of protest—against state racism and the racism on the streets.

The fight against racism and punitive border controls cannot start and end with the Windrush Generation. It must be part of a wider fight against the system that makes scandals such as this one possible and part of a battle for open borders.

Join the demonstration. March for Windrush, Saturday 5 May, 2pm, Downing Street, London. For details go here On Monday 30 April join MPs David Lammy and Diane Abbott in Parliament Square from 4pm as the Windrush petition is debated. Details here